School: Gurrane (C.) (roll number 14840)

Location:
Clondrohid, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Shéaghdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0326, Page 328

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  1. You may talk of famed London and all its all-ractions
    Of Manchester noted for millworks and steam,
    of Liverpool, great in mescantile transactions,
    Of Bristol, the pride of White Avon's dull stream;
    Of Dublin, Belfast, or the "Beautiful Citie"
    They are crowded and smoky, and fill you with gloom,
    To compare them at all were a sin and a pity
    With this beautiful spot of the town of Macroom.
    Our town is surrounded by fine fertile acres.
    Though the mountains in view are all barren and void.
    And our principal tradesman, the jolly broguemakers
    I am sorry to say are not fully employed
    We want manufactures to crown us with riches
    We long for the music of spindle and loom
    To rid us of beggars and boys without breeches
    That always infest the sweet town of Macroom.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Macroom, Co. Cork